Editor's Note: Manager Gary Hyde has informed BoxingScene.com that N'Dam-Stevens will be on September 30th, which is going to be a Tuesday card.

By Edward Chaykovsky

According to Gary Hyde, manager of former WBO middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (30-1, 18KOs), King Sports have submitted the winning purse bid for his fighter's final IBF eliminator with Curtis Stevens (27-4, 20KOs). The date of the fight, says Hyde, is September 20th in Santa Monica, California.

N'Dam showed a lot of heart when he lost the WBO title in 2012. He was dropped six times by Peter Quillin, who couldn't stop N'Dam and had to settle for a twelve round unanimous decision. Stevens (27-4, 20KOs) challenged WBA/IBO champion Gennady Golovkin last November and was stopped in eight rounds.

Stevens one of my favorites now, hope he pulls thru on this one. He should, given N'Dam can be chinny and does stay inside too much sometimes. Just hope Curtis gets busier than he did vs Johnson. That was a close call.